Ofsted has confirmed that it will go ahead with what it calls the most significant change to the inspection of education in its history.
Nearly 5,000 people responded to the consultation on the proposals, with the vast majority supporting the changes.
A key change will be a move to inspecting schools, academies and further education colleges that have been graded good every three years to ensure that any signs of decline can be picked up early.
Seventy per cent of schools and 60 per cent of FE colleges were in favour of the change.
The other major change is the introduction of a common inspection framework for all education inspections from September.
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